There's so much showmanship and gamesmanship involved in politics, it's really not a stretch to imagine an actor getting involved in being a figurehead for a political party. But for myself personally, I just don't think I could do that.
Adrian Pasdar
Like many of my friends and associates, I am a life-long Democrat. We have a rock-solid commitment to supporting the political party that we so strongly believe offers the most promising vision of America: one that recognizes the proper role of government, the importance of compassion, and the value of diversity.
Alan Patricof
I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.
Alex Chiu
The uniform I wear today is that of the United States Army. We do not serve any particular political party; we serve the nation.
Alexander Vindman
I would say practical progressive, which means that the Republican party or any political party has got to recognize the problems of a growing and complex industrial civilization. And I don't think the Republican party is really wide awake to that.
Alf Landon
The Archivist of the United States essentially works for the American people across partisan lines and not, regardless of which Administration nominates the person, for a particular President or political party.
Allen Weinstein
If our nation is to rebuild opportunity for future generations, it will require our elected leaders to realize that their responsibility lies not with their political party, but rather with the American people that they have been chosen to represent.
Ami Bera
From an organisation point of view, I want the BJP to be the bright national political party in all the states of India and having an impact on social life.
Amit Shah
I don't write off any political party. I believe in strengthening the BJP and winning elections and not depend on writing off parties.
I believe the BJP should respect each and every political party, and the BJP should evaluate and consider each party's relevance in Indian politics and then formulate its own strategy.
We need a new generation of leaders who can put their country over their political party to do what's right for Kentucky and are not bought off by special interests.
Amy McGrath
Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests.
Andy Stern
Facebook deploys a political advertising sales team, specialized by political party and charged with convincing deep-pocketed politicians that they do have the kind of influence needed to alter the outcome of elections.
Antonio Garcia Martinez
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.
Arthur C. Brooks
You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament.
Arthur Scargill
When you become a consultant to a political party, your views are no longer objective. You do it at a cost.
Arun Jaitley
I never imagined in my life that I will fight elections or form a political party.
Arvind Kejriwal
In 1999, I established my political party.
Avigdor Lieberman
It's crazy that we happen to have a country where it depends on what political party you are in whether you believe in climate change or not.
Barry Barish
Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
Barry Goldwater
Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.
There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
The PPP is not just a political party. This is our life.
If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest.
We realize there is no political party or politician who fully takes into consideration the issues the church is about. This is nothing new to us.
I've never been a member of a political party, but people will superimpose on you what they want.
It's easy for us to look at another country or another political party and say, 'Enough! Do better!'. It is a tougher conversation when the problem is in our own tent.
To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.
It doesn't serve an American interest. It really doesn't really serve Israeli interests - it serves the interests of the political party that's getting the votes of the settlers on the West Bank.
Why not let the main parties wither? Because I know of no better vehicle than the political party to enable those with common values to come together and reach a position on issues that can then be offered up as a choice of programmes for voters.
Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction.
While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.
Arkansas needs leaders who will stand up to anyone in Washington, from either political party, and do what's right for Arkansas and for our country.
If you organize your life around some political party's list of things you should believe, or an individual that you think is going to come and save you, you are disconnecting yourself from truth. And there is a price to pay.
Florida is one of the first states that sort of gives the legislature a very clear criteria for re-drawing electoral district maps. Basically, all the criteria do is tell the legislators that you can't draw a seat that helps yourself or a political party. That's really critical.
I think the Brexit vote in Great Britain informing this populist movement of nationalism is kind of a global thing, and I think it's no particular political party's fault. People have been left behind, and in America, we're used to going forward. It's always like we're going to be better; the next generation's going to be better.
My parents are left-wing, and I would describe myself as that. But also, you know what? I wouldn't describe myself as that. Because I don't have to. Because I'm not a political party. Most people are a little bit of each, and we change our mind on various issues.
I want to have a media platform that is an honest broker and not just a mouthpiece for a political party.
I don't like the idea of being chucked out of parliament, chucked out of the party, for basically doing the bleeding obvious: trying to stop an absolutely damaging policy, that a responsible political party should be opposing vigorously.
A university is not a political party, and an education is not an indoctrination.
Empirical evidence collected and analyzed by political scientists demonstrates that judicial pensions are the most important factor in a Justice's decision to retire, far more important than the party of the President or which political party has control of the Senate.
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history.
Liberal Democrats are proud to be the main U.K. political party leading the Remain campaign. Being pro-E.U. is in our DNA: internationalism, tearing down walls rather than building them, is at the heart of who we are as a party.
I'm looking for the best person irregardless of political party, of race or religion, or color of their skin. Those things don't matter to me. I want someone who's qualified, who has a qualification to character and the integrity to do the things that have to be done to save this world.
Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
I know that every time I list something that I am, I am potentially alienating a whole group of people. Publicists and managers will encourage you not to say what political party you belong to, what you eat, what you don't eat, who you sleep with and all that stuff.
Fatah is a political party and movement, whose chairman is Mahmoud Abbas.
In Jordan, where the prime minister is always a commoner, the king has announced some new reforms that would tend to move the country toward a more democratic system: Notably, the prime minister would emerge from the victorious political party, not from back room conversations in the royal palace.
The artist can be above political parties, he can belong in a political party, he can act in politics.
The challenge in working in politics, particularly if you're working for a political party, is that everyone's a messenger.
